Always enthused by lovely gardens around, I never had enough time to pursue this hobby as I was in a full time corporate job till very recently. Destiny intervened … I quit, and happened to run into a friend who was a member of the All India Kitchen Garden Association!!
A 10 day excellent introductory workshop taught me about the soils, organic manures, organic pesticides, what to grow when and more importantly gave me the confidence to take up my gardening enthusiasm seriously.
Meanwhile, my younger son and I were reading a lot about our health, role of nutrition on our bodies. Also the spread of serious diseases like cancers got me into realizing the importance of what we are feeding our kids and ourselves.
Slowly but surely, I was getting convinced that you are what you eat.
I had an opportunity to talk to some farmers and other experts and doctors from Pusa institute, and I realized how much excessive use of pesticides is done on our food. The reasons are of course twofold – ignorance and the belief that doing this will make them more profits.
The more shocking part was that the farmers KNEW that excessive chemicals were harmful, and by their own admission, grew fruits and vegetables for their personal consumption separately – which are NOT sprayed with excessive chemicals!
So that made me resolve to try my hands at growing my own organic food in whatever little space I had. This blog is all about that journey with a focus on urban gardening i.e. little space for growing organic food.
Next I will write more about how to accommodate more in less space.
